Opportune  3fn^e0ttnent0 
in  C|)ma 


By  BISHOP  J.  W.  BASHFORD 


THE  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 
OF  THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 
CHINA  CENTENNIAL  COMMISSION 
150  FIFTH  AVENUE 
NEW  YORK 


Printed  January,  1907 


OPPORTUNE  INVESTMENTS 
. IN  CHINA 


Missionary  effort  in  China  is  organized — as  is  successful  mis- 
sionary work  in  all  lands — in  the  departments  of  medicine,  evan- 
gelistic, literary,  and  educational  work.  It  is  carried  on  with  the 
purpose  of  giving  every  person  in  the  Chinese  empire  a knowl- 
edge of  the  gospel  as  speedily  as  possible,  of  leading  men  and 
women  to  a personal  union  with  Christ,  of  building  them  up  in 
Christian  character,  and  of  creating  as  rapidly  as  possible  a self- 
supporting  native  church. 

The  medical  work  is  perhaps  the  best  means  for  securing  an 
entrance  to  a field ; the  publication  of  the  Bible  and  tracts  in  the 
vernacular  makes  plain  the  way  of  salvation ; and  the  educational 
and  evangelistic  work,  besides  winning  converts  and  enriching 
the  lives  of  the  Chinese  Christians,  trains  many  converts  for 
carrying  forward  the  Christianization  of  the  empire. 

The  work  is  established  at  centers  or  stations,  where  the  mis- 
sionaries live ; and  from  these  bases  the  work  is  carried  out  over 
as  large  an  area  as  possible  with  the  aid  of  native  workers  located 
at  substations.  Thus  from  a single  center  an  amazing  number 
of  people  are  reached  among  such  dense  populations  as  those  of 
China,  India,  Japan,  and  Korea. 

At  these  centers  or  base-stations,  after  building  a residence 
for  the  missionaries,  there  is  often  started  a hospital  for  men  or 
for  women.  These  hospitals,  with  their  dispensaries  and  in- 
patients, and  with  their  country  medical-evangelistic  work,  disarm 
prejudice,  open  doors,  and  win  many  for  Christ.  The  medical 
missionaries  follow  the  example  of  the  Master,  who  went  about 
doing  good,  and  stand  for  the  best  Western  civilization  and 
practical  Christianity.  Schools  for  boys  and  for  girls  are  also 
speedily  established,  sometimes  in  advance  of  the  hospitals. 
These  include  colleges,  biblical  schools,  and  high  schools  at  the 
mission  centers,  with  a system  of  day  schools  throughout  the 


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region  surrounding  this  missionary  base ; and  boarding  schools 
of  intermediate  and  high  school  grade  under  native  teachers  at 
some  of  the  substations.  The  boarding  schools  so  far  as  possible 
fill  the  place  of  both  the  Christian  home  and  the  public  school  as 
they  are  found  in  America,  giving  thorough  training  in  the  best 
things  of  life.  They  develop  strong  and  intelligent  native  Chris- 
tians, they  are  the  source  of  the  supply  of  efficient  native  workers, 
and  altogether  they  are  the  right  hand  of  power  for  the  evangel- 
istic work. 

The  term  “evangelistic”  does  not  clearly  reflect  the  distinct 
work  of  the  men  who  are  here  called  evangelists.  They  indeed 
preach  the  gospel,  but  they  are  more  like  presiding  elders  than 
like  the  evangelists  in  the  United  States.  But  even  the  term  “pre- 
siding elder”  is  too  narrow.  The  missionary  evangelist  travels 
a wide  district  out  from  and  beyond  his  station.  He  takes  native 
Christians  with  him  and  soon  establishes  them  in  the  work  of  the 
church,  examines  inquirers  and  candidates  for  baptism,  decides 
upon  the  location  of  churches  and  the  policies  which  are  to  be 
followed,  preaches  at  the  various  stations,  oversees  the  work  of 
the  native  pastors — in  short,  is  in  general  charge  of  the  native 
churches,  encouraging,  advising,  inspiring,  administering,  and 
carrj’ing  the  work  of  the  propagation  of  the  gospel  among  as 
many  people  as  possible.  There  is  a presiding  elder’s  district  in 
India  which  includes  6,000,000  people,  and  there  are  districts  in 
China  each  having  within  its  bounds  from  1,000,000  to  as  many 
as  20,000,000  people. 

The  literary  work  includes  among  many  other  activities  the 
translation,  publication,  and  distribution  of  Bibles  and  portions 
of  the  Bible.  The  translation  of  the  Bible  is  made  by  representa- 
tives selected  from  all  the  missions  at  work  in  each  foreign 
country,  these  missionaries  being  supported  by  their  respective 
missions  while  rendering  this  special  service.  The  printing  of 
the  Bible  in  all  the  various  languages  of  the  earth  is  done  by  the 
American  Bible  Society,  and  the  British  and  Foreign  Bible  So- 
ciety, which  thus  render  an  inestimable  service  in  the  task  of 
evangelizing  the  world.  Other  literary  work,  including  the  trans- 
lation of  hymns,  of  tracts,  of  standard  volumes,  like  Bunyan’s 


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Pilgrim’s  Progress,  and  the  creation  of  original  literature,  includ- 
ing Christian  periodicals,  etc.,  is  carried  on  by  the  various  mis- 
sions, usually  in  connection  with  some  central  publishing  house. 

Through  these  four  avenues  of  approach,  the  437,000,000 
people  of  China  are  being  reached  and  are  being  told  of  the 
Saviour,  and  a native  church  which  shall  endure  through  all  time 
is  being  raised  up. 

In  all  these  phases  of  work,  there  is  at  the  present  time  in 
China  the  greatest  opportunity  that  the  church  has  known  in  all 
its  history.  This  is  due  to  the  awakening  of  the  empire,  the 
eagerness  of  the  Chinese  for  Western  civilization,  and,  as  re- 
sults, a willingness  to  hear  and  an  eagerness  to  know  the  gospel. 

We  have  work  in  eight  of  the  twenty-two  provinces  of  China. 
These  eight  provinces  contain  206,000,000  of  the  437,000,000 
people  in  the  empire.  But  it  must  be  remembered  that  we  are 
by  no  means  covering  even  these  provinces  in  which  we  have 
work.  In  Shantung  we  have  only  a single  presiding  elder’s  dis- 
trict ; in  Szechuen  our  territory  covers  but  one  seventh  of  the 
whole  province ; in  Hupeh  we  have  native  work  but  not  a single 
missionary.  So  we  are  not  attempting  to  reach  all  the  people 
even  in  the  provinces  in  which  our  Conferences  are  located. 
Methodism  has  five  Conferences,  or  missions,  in  China : Foochow, 
Hinghua,  North  China,  Central  China,  and  West  China.  The  fol- 
lowing will  give  some  idea  of  the  extent,  the  conditions,  and  the 
needs  of  these  Conferences: 

FOOCHOW  CONFERENCE 

Location:  Northern  part  of  Fukien  Province,  Southeastern  China.  Lati- 
tude of  Cuba. 

Size:  29,000  square  miles;  larger  than  New  Hampshire,  Vermont, 
Connecticut,  and  Rhode  Island. 

Population:  18,000,000. 

Principal  Stations:  Foochow,  Kucheng,  Ngucheng,  Mingchiang,  Yenping. 
Methodist  Missionaries:  49,  or  one  for  every  369,000  Chinese. 

Members  and  Probationers:  12,775. 

Conditions : The  beginning  of  Methodist  work  in  China  was  the  work 
started  in  this  province  in  1847,  and  almost  half  of  our  present  mem- 
bership in  China  is  in  this  Conference.  The  first  duty  here  is  that 
of  caring  adequately  for  a field  where  the  seed  has  been  success- 
fully sown  and  the  harvest  is  ready  for  reaping.  There  have  been 


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as  many  as  five  thousand  children  in  one  year  in  the  George  S. 
Miner  Special  Gift  Day  Schools,  the  best  system  of  day  schools  in 
China.  Several  high  schools,  a biblical  school  for  men  at  Yenping, 
the  Anglo-Chinese  College  and  the  S.  L.  Baldwin  School  of  The- 
ology at  Foochow  complete  the  educational  equipment  for  boys  and 
men.  Similar  schools  for  girls  and  women,  beginning  with  the 
kindergarten  and  culminating  in  the  College  for  Women,  are  main- 
tained by  the  Woman’s  Board.  The  native  ministry  is  better 
developed  here  than  in  any  other  of  our  five  Chinese  missions.  This 
is  one  cause  of  the  strength  of  the  Conference. 

Special  Needs:  Expansion  westward  to  join  the  Central  China  Mission, 
and  large  reinforcement  of  the  present  staff  of  workers.  The 
chief  need  of  the  Foochow  Conference  is  for  workers,  for  there  are 
by  far  too  few  missionaries  to  man  the  work  opened  and  to  reap 
the  harvest  now  ready. 

HINGHUA  CONFERENCE 

Location:  Southern  part  of  Fukien  Province,  Southeastern  China.  Lati- 
tude of  Cuba. 

Size:  18,000  square  miles;  almost  as  large  as  Maryland  and  New  Jersey. 

Population:  5,000,000. 

Principal  Stations:  Hinghua,  Singiu,  Dehhua.  Ingchung,  and  Duacheng. 

Methodist  Missionaries:  22,  or  one  for  every  227,000  Chinese. 

Members  and  Probationers:  4.515. 

Conditions:  Methodist  work  here  began  in  1864.  This  is  the  smallest 
Annual  Conference  in  China,  giving  the  best  illustration  of  inten- 
sive cultivation,  there  being  more  missionaries  here  in  proportion 
to  population  than  in  any  other  mission,  although  still  only  one  for 
each  227,000.  Accordingly,  the  results  are  among  the  most  satis- 
factory. The  same  ratio  of  gains  to  population  in  all  the  Confer- 
ences would  give  686,000  members  to  our  church  in  China.  Yet 
Hinghua  is  still  undermanned,  for  although  there  are  more  people 
than  in  all  Ohio,  they  have  only  twenty-two  Methodist  missionaries. 
The  native  churches  are  practically  self-supporting,  averaging  fifty 
cents  per  member  for  local  support,  and  an  equal  amount  for 
a Home  Missionary  Society  Fund  which  aids  needy  neighboring 
churches.  The  people  of  Antau  will  also  raise  money  to  build  a 
hospital,  if  a physician  is  furnished  them. 

Special  Needs:  Expansion  northwest  to  join  the  Central  China  Mission. 
The  Hinghua  Conference  is  in  the  same  province  as  the  Foochow 
Conference,  and  the  need  for  workers  is  similar — workers  to  man 
institutions  already  opened,  and  to  reap  harvests  already  sown,  as 
well  as  to  expand  the  work. 


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NORTH  CHINA  CONFERENCE 

Location:  Chihli  and  Shantung  Provinces,  Northern  China.  Latitude  of 
Ohio. 

Size:  124,000  square  miles;  as  large  as  Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Illinois. 

Population:  59,917,000. 

Principal  Stations:  Peking,  Tientsin,  Changli,  Taianfu. 

Methodist  Missionaries:  51,  or  one  for  1,175,000  Chinese. 

Members  and  Probationers : 5,251. 

Conditions:  Methodist  work  began  in  1869.  The  headquarters  of  the  work 
are  located  in  the  official  center  of  the  empire,  and  consequently 
are  especially  well  adapted  to  influence  the  life  of  the  empire.  The 
church  members  passed  through  the  fire  of  the  Boxer  persecution 
and  were  not  found  wanting.  Methodism’s  only  martyrs  in  1900 
were  in  this  Conference.  But  the  loss  sustained  by  martyrdom 
has  already  been  more  than  made  up  by  new  additions,  and  the  faith- 
fulness of  the  native  Christians  in  the  face  of  the  bitter  persecution 
has  made  a profound  impression  upon  the  non-Christian  Chinese. 
The  blood  of  the  martyrs  has  again  proved  to  be  the  seed  of  the 
church.  Peking  University  has  furnished  the  first  Student  Volun- 
teer Band  in  the  empire,  voluntarily  organized  by  the  students  and 
composed  of  125  who  have  offered  their  lives  for  the  evangeliza- 
tion of  China.  This  is  the  most  encouraging  sign  of  self-propa- 
gating purpose  in  the  empire. 

Special  Needs:  Expansion  of  the  work  of  the  Shantung  District  to  form 
a Shantung  Mission.  This  would  extend  our  work  southward  and 
connect  our  North  China  Conference  with  our  Central  China  Mis- 
sion. The  Shantung  Province  now  has  38,000,000  people.  It  has 
rich  coal  and  iron  resources,  and  promises  large  manufacturing  and 
mining  development.  The  chief  need  is  workers — workers  for 
oversight  of  the  districts,  workers  for  the  schools,  workers  for  the 
hospitals,  workers  native  and  foreign. 

CENTRAL  CHINA  MISSION 

Location:  Provinces  of  Kiangsu,  Anhwei,  Kiangsi,  and  Hupeh,  in  the 
Yangtze  River  Valley,  Central  China.  Latitude  of  New  Orleans. 

Size:  234,300  square  miles;  almost  as  large  as  all  New  England,  New 
York,  and  New  Jersey. 

Population:  99,462,000,  or  more  than  that  of  the  United  States. 

Principal  Stations:  Nanking,  Wuhu,  Kiukiang,  Chinkiang,  Nanchang,  and 
Yangchow. 

Methodist  Missionaries : 54,  or  one  for  each  1,842,000  Chinese. 

Members  and  Probationers:  2,087. 

Conditions:  Wonderful  for  situation.  Here  is  the  finest  of  farming  land, 
that  is,  the  valley  of  the  Yangtze,  the  most  densely  populated  of 


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the  valleys  of  the  earth;  and  on  the  line  of  commerce  of  the  entire 
central  part  of  the  empire.  Among  its  cities  are  Nanking,  the  old 
capital  of  the  empire,  and  Nanchang,  the  last  of  seven  cities  in 
China,  each  of  a million  or  more  inhabitants,  to  be  occupied  by 
missionaries.  There  are  more  people  within  the  bounds  of  the  mis- 
sion than  are  in  the  whole  United  States.  One  presiding  elder  has 
twenty  million  people  on  his  district.  The  region  has  received 
enlightenment  through  the  march  of  trade  in  the  Yangtze  Valley, 
and  is  now  ready  for  the  gospel. 

Special  Needs:  Men,  men.  This  is  a great  field  wholly  undermanned. 
Evangelists  are  greatly  needed  for  manning  the  large  presiding 
elders’  districts.  Indeed,  the  field  should  be  divided  into  two  Con- 
ferences and  the  number  of  workers  doubled. 

WEST  CHINA  MISSION 

Location:  Szechuen  Province,  West  China.  i,8oo  miles,  or  forty  days’ 
journey  from  Shanghai. 

Size:  218,480  square  miles;  about  as  large  as  the  states  of  California  and 
Washington. 

Population:  68,725,000. 

Principal  Stations:  Chungking,  Chentu,  Suiling,  Tsicheo. 

Methodist  Missionaries:  30,  or  one  for  every  2,290,830  Chinese. 

Members  and  Probationers:  2,648. 

Conditions:  The  youngest  of  our  missions  in  China — begun  in  1881 — it 
occupies  the  Chentu  Plain — the  garden  spot  of  China,  and  in  some 
measure,  of  the  world.  Little’s  Far  East  says  that  the  Chentu  Plain 
sustains  a denser  population  than  any  equal  territory  on  earth, 
except  perhaps  the  county  in  which  London  is  located.  But  agri- 
culture alone  maintains  the  population  of  the  Chentu  Plain,  while 
the  population  of  London  is  sustained  by  trade  and  manufacturing. 
The  missionaries  of  our  church  were  the  first  in  the  field,  and  thus 
were  able  to  select  this  most  fertile  part  of  the  province  for  their 
location.  Other  missions  have  yielded  this  field  to  Methodism. 
She  thus  has  but  one  seventh  of  the  territory  of  the  province  and 
about  one  third  of  its  68,000,000  people.  The  increase  in  member- 
ship has  averaged  29  per  cent  during  the  last  two  years. 

Special  Needs:  Men,  men,  men.  Women,  women,  women.  Evangelists, 
doctors,  and  teachers.  The  problem  here  is  that  of  holding  the 
territory  we  already  have.  Other  societies  have  sent  thirty  workers 
into  Szechuen  in  the  past  year.  The  Canadian  Methodists  have 
just  sent  22  new  recruits.  The  other  societies  now  have  two  or 
three  times  as  many  missionaries  in  proportion  to  their  populations 
as  we  have.  Methodism  must  either  increase  her  number  of  mis- 
sionaries or  else  yield  to  others  territory  which  she  has  been  culti- 
vating for  twenty-five  years. 


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EXPANSION 

We  have  already  indicated  the  need  of  expansion  of  the  Foo- 
chow and  Hinghua  Conferences  westward,  to  join  the  Central 
China,  and  of  the  North  China  Conference  southward  by  the 
creation  of  the  Shantung  District  into  the  Shantung  Mission,  or 
Conference.  This  will  not  mean  entering  any  new  provinces,  but 
simply  extending  the  work  in  the  provinces  in  which  we  already 
have  missionaries.  If,  however,  Methodism  is  to  do  her  full 
share  in  evangelizing  China,  work  should  be  opened  in  other 
provinces.  Of  these,  the  most  inviting  fields  seem  to  be  in 
Manchuria  and  Shansi. 

Manchuria  has  become  famous  as  the  battleground  of  the 
Japanese  and  the  Russians.  Since  the  war  it  has  been  divided 
into  the  three  provinces  of  Fengtien,  Heilungkiang,  and  Kirin, 
by  the  Chinese  government,  and  these  have  been  incorporated  as 
integral  parts  of  the  Chinese  empire.  The  population  of  Man- 
churia has  risen  in  the  last  twenty-five  years  from  7,500,000  to  the 
present  population  of  22,000,000.  The  soil  is  a black,  rich  loam, 
and  very  fertile ; the  climate  is  that  of  Iowa,  Minnesota,  and 
Southern  Canada.  Through  the  opening  up  of  natural  resources 
by  the  railway,  the  country  is  more  prosperous  today  than  ever 
before.  There  are  also  splendid  mines  of  coal  and  iron.  Great  de- 
velopment is  awaiting  Manchuria,  and  the  population  probably 
will  reach  100,000,000  before  the  close  of  the  century.  There  are 
only  two  mission  boards  at  work  in  Manchuria,  neither  of  them 
American.  We  already  have  Christians  and  preaching  stations 
north  of  the  Great  Wall,  and  need  only  to  follow  the  railroad  to 
extend  our  work  in  that  territory.  In  this  case  alone,  in  all 
China,  because  of  lack  of  funds,  we  have  allowed  the  railroad  to 
precede  us. 

Shansi  is  the  province  located  immediately  west  of  the  prov- 
ince of  Chihli,  and  has  an  area  of  81,000  square  miles,  and  a 
population  of  12,200,000.  According  to  Baron  Richtofen’s  three- 
volume  report  to  the  German  government,  it  has  the  finest  coal 
and  iron  deposits  in  the  world.  This  report  startled  European 
nations,  and  was  one  of  the  causes  leading  to  the  attempt  on  the 
part  of  foreign  powers  to  seize  territory  and  thus  divide  China. 


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This  was  prevented  largely  by  Secretary  Hay  and  the  United 
States.  Richtofen  says  that  there  is  enough  coal  in  Shansi  to 
supply  the  world  for  several  thousand  years.  This  report  con- 
cerning the  richness  of  mineral  resources  was  confirmed  by  the 
second  German  Commission  in  1897-8.  Railroads  are  being  built 
into  these  fields,  and  the  day  of  mining  is  at  hand.  The  coal- 
bearing strata  have  been  heaved  up  so  that  coal  can  be  mined  by 
level  tunneling,  instead  of  by  sinking  shafts.  The  coal  lies  three 
thousand  feet  above  the  Pacific,  so  that  with  suitable  railroads 
gravity  will  bring  the  coal  to  the  ocean  ports.  There  is  an  abun- 
dance of  Chinese  labor  for  mining.  In  a few  years  Shansi  will 
be  the  Pittsburg,  West  Virginia,  and  Birmingham  region  of  Asia. 
Very  little  missionary  work  is  being  done  in  this  rich  province. 

These  are  splendid  opportunities  for  the  young  people  of  two 
Conferences  or  States  to  identify  themselves  with  definite  fields  of 
work  in  China.  The  list  below  gives  what  must  be  pledged  be- 
fore the  work  should  be  opened  in  either  Manchuria  or  Shansi, 
and  is  by  no  means  all  that  is  needed  adequately  to  man  either 
one  of  these  fields. 

MANCHURIA  OR  SHANSI 

Five  Missionaries — one  physician,  two  teachers,  and  one  evangelist, 
at  $2,000  each  for  outgoing  expenses  and  salary  for  two 


years  .$10,000 

Five  residences  for  the  above,  at  $2,500  each 12,500 

One  hospital  at  $5,000 5.000 

Two  school  buildings  at  $5,000  each 10,000 

Native  chapels,  workers,  etc 2,500 


$40,000 

MOST  PRESSING  NEEDS 

A careful  and  conservative  canvass  of  the  situation  in  China 
reveals  needs  aggregating  a million  dollars  which  must  be  pro- 
vided for  in  order  to  enable  our  church  to  meet  the  crisis  and  to 
seize  the  opportunities  open  to  us  through  the  awakening  of  the 
empire.  These  needs  call  for  $1,000,000;  the  Thank-Oflfering 
calls  for  $300,000.  We  feel  that  we  cannot  ask  for  $1,000,000,  but 
when  only  those  needs  which  are  most  urgent  have  been  retained 
the  list  still  aggregates  $600,000.  Such  a list,  therefore,  is  laid 


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before  the  church  in  the  confident  hope  and  expectation  that  with 
the  larger  range  of  opportunities  for  investment  thus  offered  the 
friends  throughout  the  church  will  more  readily  and  gladly  give, 
up  to  and  even  beyond  the  sum  called  for  in  the  Thank-Offering. 

NEW  MISSIONARIES 

The  number  of  missionaries  has  not  kept  pace  with  the  erection  of 
buildings  and  the  starting  of  institutions,  and  accordingly  the  most  urgent 
need  is  for  new  workers.  The  amount  named  for  each  covers  outgoing 
expenses  and  salary  for  two  years,  the  amount  necessary  to  send  a new 
missionary.  Note  the  extra  traveling  expense  to  West  China. 

FOR  EVANGELISTIC  WORK 

Foochow  Conference:  Four  missionaries — one  for  Kude  District, 
one  for  Mingchiang  District,  and  two  to  push  work  westward 

toward  Central  China — at  $2,000 $ 8,000 

Hinghua  Conference : Three  missionaries — one  for  Singiu,  and  two 
for  the  expansion  of  the  Conference  westward  and  north- 
ward to  meet  the  Central  China  and  Foochow  Conferences 

— at  $2,000  $ 6,000 

North  China  Conference:  Nine  missionaries — one  each  for  the 
Tsunhua,  Lanchow,  and  Shanhaikwan  Districts,  two  to  rein- 
force Peking  and  Tientsin  by  leading  and  directing  street 
chapel  work  in  these  cities,  and  four  to  enlarge  the  work  in 
Shantung  so  that  it  may  become  the  Shantung  Conference 

— at  $2,000  $18,000 

Central  China  Mission:  Six  missionaries — all  necessary  for  the 
dividing  up  of  districts  already  opened  so  as  to  oversee  them 
adequately,  there  being  as  many  as  twenty  million  people 
in  a single  district,  and  the  work  suffering  as  a consequence 

of  lack  of  supervision — at  $2,000 $12,000 

West  China  Conference:  Five  missionaries — three  for  the  rein- 
forcement of  work  around  China,  one  for  Hocheo,  and  one 
for  the  street  work  in  Chentu  and  surrounding  places — at 
$2,200.  The  extra  $200  is  due  to  heavier  traveling  expenses.  .$11,000 

FOR  EDUCATIONAL  WORK 

Foochow  Conference : Seven  missionaries — one  for  normal  school 
work,  one  to  superintend  day  schools,  one  for  the  S.  L.  Bald- 
win School  of  Theology,  two  for  the  Anglo-Chinese  College, 
Foochow,  one  for  the  Biblical  school  at  Yenping,  and  one 

for  a boarding  school  at  Kucheng — at  $2,000 $14,000 

Hinghua  Conference:  Four  missionaries — one  at  Ingchung  for 
Hardy  Training  School,  one  for  the  Biblical  school  con- 
nected therewith,  one  at  Hinghua  for  biblical  school  work, 
and  one  for  superintendent  of  the  day  schools  of  the  whole 
Conference — at  $2,000  $ 8,000 


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North  China  Conference : Ten  missionaries — one  each  for  the  theo- 
logical school  at  Peking,  for  superintending  day  schools, 
for  the  Tientsin  school  and  for  a Changli  school,  a professor 
of  science  in  Peking  University,  and  five  to  open  new  work 
in  Shantung — at  $2,000 ' $20,000 

Central  China  Mission:  Seven  missionaries — one  each  for  Fowler 
School  of  Theology  at  Nanking,  Nanking  University,  Wil- 
liam Nast  College,  a boarding  school  at  Nanchang,  a board- 
ing school  at  Yangchow,  and  two  to  superintend  the  day 
school  work  of  the  Conference — at  $2,000 $14,000 

West  China  MmfoM.'Four  missionaries — one  each  for  Chentu  Uni- 
versity, for  biblical  school  work,  Chungking,  for  superin- 
tendent of  day  schools  throughout  the  Conference,  and  for  a 


school  at  Tsicheo — at  $2,200 $ 8,800 

FOR  MEDICAL  WORK 

Foochow  Conference:  One  medical  missionary  to  reinforce  the 

physicians  already  on  the  field $ 2,000 

Hinghua  Conference:  One  medical  missionary  for  Antau $ 2,000 

North  China  Conference:  Four  medical  missionaries — one  for 
Tientsin,  one  for  Changli,  one  for  Taianfu,  and  another  for 
one  more  walled  city  in  Shantung — at  $2,000 $ 8,000 

Central  China  Mission:  Two  medical  missionaries — one  each  for 

Nanchang  and'  Chinkiang — at  $2,000 $ 4,000 

West  China  Mission:  Two  medical  missionaries — one  each  for 

Chentu  and  Tsicheo — at  $2,200 $ 4,400 

BUILDINGS  AND  LAND 

RESIDENCES  FOR  MISSIONARIES 


It  is  necessary  to  provide  residences  for  missionaries,  for  to  attempt 
to  live  in  damp  and  filthy  Chinese  houses  means  the  breakdown  of  mis- 
sionaries and  waste  of  money.  Each  residence  may  bear  the  name  the 
donor  designates,  as  a memorial  building.  For  the  sixty-nine  new  mis- 
sionaries as  asked  for  above,  residences  should  be  erected ; and  in  addition 
three  others  are  needed,  one  for  Hinghua  and  two  for  Shantung. 


Foochow  Conference:  Twelve  residences  at  $2,500 $30,000 

Hinghua  Conference:  Nine  residences  at  $2,500 $22,500 

North  China  Conference:  Twenty-five  residences  at  $2,500 $62,000 

Central  China  Mission:  Fifteen  residences  at  $2,500 $37, 500 

West  China  Mission:  Eleven  residences  at  $2,500 $27,500 


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SCHOOL  BUILDINGS  AND  PROPERTY 

Foochow  Conference: 

Land  for  the  normal  school  at  Foochow $ 3,500 

Hinghua  Conference : 

High  school  building,  Hinghua $10,000 

School  property,  Ingchung 8,500 

Building  for  blind  children,  Rebecca  McCabe  Orphanage, 

Hinghua  3.500 

Intermediate  school  building,  Singiu 1,000 

Intermediate  school  building,  Antau 1,000 

North  China  Conference: 

Administration  and  library  building,  Peking  University $40,000 

Collegiate  building,  Peking  University 30,000 

Intermediate  school  building,  Tientsin lo.ooo 

Intermediate  school  building,  Changli 10,000 

Building  and  playground,  Lanchou 1,000 

Two  intermediate  school  buildings  for  expansion  in  Shantung,  20,000 
Central  China  Mission: 

Boys’  school  building,  Nanchang $ 5,000 

New  building,  Nanking  University 30,000 

To  complete  the  administration  building  for  William  Nast 

College,  Kiukiang , lo.ooo 

Intermediate  school  building,  Yangchow 5,000 

Day  school  building,  Wuhu 300 

West  China  Mission: 

Building  for  Chentu  College $10,000 

Intermediate  school  building,  Suiling 5,ooo 

Building  for  Bible  training  school,  Chungking 1,000 

HOSPITALS 

Hinghua  Conference: 

Hospital  building  and  equipment,  Duacheng $ 5,000 

North  China  Conference: 

Hospital  building  and  equipment,  Tientsin $15,000 

Two  hospital  buildings  in  Shantung:  one  at  Taianfu,  and 

one  at  a walled  city  newly  opened  up,  at  $5,000  each. .. . 10,000 

Outfit  for  country  medical  work,  Changli , 1,000 

Central  China  Mission: 

Hospital  at  Nanchang $10,000 

Hospital  at  Chinkiang 5, 000 

Wall  and  Parsonage  for  the  hospital  at  Wuhu 800 

Philander  Smith  Memorial  Hospital,  Nanking,  for  improve- 
ment of  operating  room  and  for  forty  iron  bedsteads 800 


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OPPORTUNE  INVESTMENTS  IN  CHINA 


IVest  China  Mission: 

Debt  on  hospital  at  Chentu ; 

Hospital  at  Tsicheo 

For  enlargement  of  the  property  of  the  Chungking  General 


$ 4,000 


5,000 


Hospital 


2,000 

1,500 


Furniture  for  Chentu  Hospital 


CHAPELS  AND  CHURCHES 


These  can  be  built  by  means  of  gifts  ranging  from  $ioo  to  $i,ooo,  the 
balance  of  the  cost  being  raised  by  the  native  members.  Such  a chapel 
or  church  may  bear  the  name  designated  by  the  donor.  For  information 
concerning  the  places  where  needed  and  for  other  particulars,  write  to 
Dr.  Frank  D.  Gamewell,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  city. 

Foochow  Conference: 

Chapels  at  Geukkau,  Sekbaikdu,  and  Ngieuseu. 

Hinghua  Conference: 

Chapels  at  Kiosauh,  Uacai,  Chingtah,  Osu,  Bahgolau,  and  Binghai. 
North  China  Conference: 

Chapels  at  Miyunhsien,  Yenchingchou,  Haiyang,  Liwu,  Tunge,  and 
Yenmachuang. 

Central  China  Mission: 

Chapels  at  Nanchang,  and  Takang. 

West  China  Mission: 

Chapels  at  Bisan,  Uinchuan,  Hocheo,  Suiling,  Chungking,  and 


Jiangbeh. 


NATIVE  PREACHERS 


Native  ministers  can  be  supported  in  the  different  parts  of  China  at 
from  $30  to  $120  a year — $2.50  to  $10  a month.  The  native  ministers 
are  used  to  man  all  the  substations,  under  missionaries  as  superintend- 
ents; they  are  trained  in  our  schools,  and  are  doing  noble  work.  Write 
to  Dr.  Frank  D.  Gamewell,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  city,  for  par- 
ticulars, and  have  a man  working  for  Christ  on  the  other  side  of  the 
world. 


SCHOLARSHIPS 


Many  school  children  have  to  be  supported  by  scholarships,  as  they 
come  from  families  too  poor  to  support  their  children  in  school.  The 
schools  are  building  up  native  Christians  and  are  the  source  of  our  supply 
of  native  workers,  so  that  money  spent  in  education  is  money  well 
invested.  Annual  scholarships,  keeping  students  in  school  for  a year, 
are  needed  at  the  following  rates : 

Theological  Schools:  60  scholarships.  For  Baldwin  School  of 
Theology,  Foochow;  Fowler  Biblical  School,  Nanking;  the 
theological  school  at  Peking;  at  $20  each  a year $ 1,200 


OPPORTUNE  INVESTMENTS  IN  CHINA 


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Biblical  Schools  loo  scholarships.  For  the  schools  at  Hinghua, 
Yenping,  Kiukiang,  Chungking,  Shantung,  etc.,  at  $20  each 

a year  $ 2,000 

Colleges:  500  scholarships.  For  the  Anglo-Chinese  College  at 
Foochow,  Nanking  University,  William  Nast  College  at 
Kiukiang,  Chentu  College,  and  Peking  University,  at  $20  to 

$30  a year $10,000  to  $ 15,000 

Intermediate  Boarding  Schools:  5,000  scholarships.  For  the 
schools  at  Hinghua,  Ingchung,  Ngucheng,  Kucheng,  Yen- 
ping, Foochow,  Chinkiang,  Yankchow,  Nanking,  Kiukiang, 
Nanchang,  Chunking,  Chentu,  Changli,  Tientsin,  Taianfu, 
Shanhaikwan,  Tsunhua,  and  Peking,  at  $20  each  a year. ..  .$100,000 
Day  Schools:  10,000  scholarships.  For  schools  scattered  through 

all  of  the  Conferences,  at  $i  each  a year $ 10,000 

SUPPORT  OF  HOSPITAL  BEDS 

The  cost  of  maintaining  a bed  in  a hospital  in  China  varies  according 
to  the  location  of  the  hospital  and  also  with  respect  to  the  differing  con- 
ditions of  patients.  Sick  Chinese  who  do  not  require  special  diet,  prefer 
to  provide  their  food  while  in  the  hospital,  but  when  a special  diet  is 
necessary  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  patient  is  greatly  increased,  because 
many  articles,  such  as  proper  milk  and  other  foodstuffs  which  the 
physician  must  prescribe,  can  be  obtained  only  by  importing  them. 
Hospital  Beds:  In  the  hospitals  at  Yenping,  Kucheng,  Nanking,  Wuhu, 
Peking,  Changli,  Chungking,  and  Chentu,  at  from  $25  to  $150  each, 
a year. 


ENDOWMENTS 

For  many  of  the  lines  of  work  described  above,  permanent  endow- 
ments are  needed  in  order  that  the  work  may  go  on  from  year  to  year. 
Here  is  a chance  to  perpetuate  the  work  and  also  to  commemorate  the 
names  of  friends  for  all  time. 

Professorships:  At  Peking  University,  Anglo-Chinese  College  at  Foo- 
chow, Nanking  University,  William  Nast  College  at  Kiukiang,  and  Chentu 
College,  at  from  $25,000  to  $30,000  each. 

Endowment  of  College  Scholarships  and  Theological  School  Scholar- 
ships: $500  each  in  perpetuity. 

Endowment  of  Intermediate  and  Boarding  School  Scholarships:  $500 
each  in  perpetuity. 

Endowment  of  Day  School  Scholarships:  An  endowment  of  $50  pro- 
vides one  yearly  scholarship  for  all  time. 

Endowment  of  Beds  in  Hospitals:  From  $250  to  $500. 

Industrial  Institutions:  For  pupils  to  work  for  their  support,  at  $1,600 
each. 


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OPPORTUNE  INVESTMENTS  IN  CHINA 


TO  INVESTORS 

1.  Special  leaflets  on  medical,  educational,  and  evangelistic 
work  can  be  obtained  free  of  charge  by  writing  to  Dr.  F.  D. 
Gamewell,  Executive  Secretary,  China  Centennial  Commission, 
150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  city.  These  are  illustrated,  and 
show  the  special  work  done  in  each  of  these  departments. 

2.  Persons  wishing  information  beyond  that  contained  in  the 
leaflets  concerning  any  need  mentioned  below,  should  write  to  Dr. 
F.  D.  Camewell,  and  receive  a personal  letter,  giving  full  details. 

3.  Persons  hesitating  between  two  or  three  investments,  should 
write  to  Dr.  Camewell,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  city,  for  in- 
formation. When  necessan»’,  these  letters  will  be  forwarded  to 
Bishop  Bashford  for  fuller  counsel  and  advice. 

4.  Undesignated  gifts  will  be  placed  where  in  the  judgment  of 
Bishop  Bashford  they  are  most  needed,  and  a report  will  be 
made  to  the  donor. 

5.  If  it  is  preferred  to  aid  work  in  any  one  Conference  or  under 
a particular  missionary,  permission  should  be  given  in  case  the 
need  in  question  has  already  been  met,  to  apply  your  contribu- 
tion to  the  next  greatest  need  and  report  to  you.  Send  all  gifts 
to  Homer  Eaton,  Treasurer,  150  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  city, 
marking  them  Special  Gifts  for  China. 

6.  A booklet  setting  forth  the  most  pressing  needs  of  the 
Woman’s  Foreign  Missionar)-^  Society,  may  be  obtained  from  any 
Branch  Secretary,  or  by  applying  to  Dr.  F.  D.  Camewell,  150 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  city. 


